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History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages

History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages

About 1000, a non-Christian princess, Judith, conceived the design of murdering all the members of the royal family, and of establishing herself in their stead. During the execution of the nobles, the infant king was carted off by some faithful adherents, and conveyed to Shewa, where his authority was acknowledged, while Judith reigned for forty years over the rest of the kingdom, and transmitted the crown to her descendants. At one point in the next century, the last of Judith's successors were overthrown by an Agaw named Mara Takla ...

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History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Notes

History of Ethiopia, History of Ethiopia - Additional Reading, History of Ethiopia - Earliest History, History of Ethiopia - Interactions with European Colonial Powers, History of Ethiopia - Leaving the Medieval World, History of Ethiopia - Modern History, History of Ethiopia - Notes, History of Ethiopia - Portuguese Influence, History of Ethiopia - The Axumite Kingdom, History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages, History of Ethiopia - The Period of the Princes

History of Ethiopia: Encyclopedia II - History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages

History of Ethiopia - The Ethiopian Dark Ages

About 1000, a non-Christian princess, Judith, conceived the design of murdering all the members of the royal family, and of establishing herself in their stead. During the execution of the nobles, the infant king was carted off by some faithful adherents, and conveyed to Shewa, where his authority was acknowledged, while Judith reigned for forty years over the rest of the kingdom, and transmitted the crown to her descendants.

At one point in the next century, the last of Judith's successors were overthrown by an Agaw named Mara Takla Haymanot, who founded the Zagwe dynasty. One of the lights of this dynasty was the reign of Gebra Maskal Lalibela, in whose reign the stone churches of Lalibela were carved.

In about 1270, the kingdom was restored to the royal house in the person of Yekuno Amlak, who deposed the last of the Zagwe kings.

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